Welcome back!

In your registration packet you will find several pamphlets prepared by the Department. If you haven't read them before, we urge you to do so: they contain useful information on selecting math courses, applying to graduate schools, getting part-time and summer jobs in mathematics, selecting senior thesis topics and advisors, etc. In particular, they describe the Math Expository requirement that students are required to comply with. Even if not all of these topics seem relevant for you, please browse through the pamphlets anyway - you may be surprised at what you learn.

There will be two tutorials offered this year: one each in the Fall and one in the Spring.

Fall 07:

• Random graphs, taught by Anh-Vinh Le. Prerequisite: Basic group theory. Familiarity with elementary probability and basic graph theory will be useful but all the necessary probabilistic and graph theoritic prerequisites will be discussed during the lectures.

Spring 08:

• Clifford algebras and spinors, taught by Rina Anno. Prerequisite: Math 122 and 123.

The description of the tutorials will be posted on the undergraduate bulletin boards (one opposite rm. 320, the other opposite rm. 503). They will also be e-mailed to all math concentrators on our mailing list and posted on the Math Department website http://www.math.harvard.edu.

We would also like to remind you of some upcoming events:

Thursday, 9/20, 4:00 pm.

Organizational sign-up meeting for the Fall Tutorials in room 530.

Friday, 9/21, 3:00 pm.

Math Concentrators' Party in the 4th floor Common Room.

Please check the Undergraduate bulletin boards periodically for more announcements.
Have a good semester,

Peter Kronheimer
Director of Undergraduate Studies